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Gemini VII spacecraft approximately 22 feet away from Gemini VI-A spacecraft, December 15, 1965
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 27.9 x 21.6cm (812 x 11in), numbered 'D4C 32549' with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso
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The present photograph corresponds with NASA number 'S65-63193', showing the first crewed rendezvous in space between Gemini VII spacecraft and Gemini VI-A spacecraft. Astronaut Thomas Stafford of Gemini VI-A captured the historic encounter on a 70mm Hasselblad camera while observing through a hatch.

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